Can I teach that? : negotiating taboo language and controversial topics in the language arts classroom / edited by Suzanne Linder and Elizabeth Majerus.
Don't shy away from books about tough issues / Jabari Asim -- Teaching the banned books project / Stephen E. Rayburn -- A true war story: addressing the real obscenities / Suzanne Linder -- Creative profanity: strong language in student work / Elizabeth Majerus -- Defending Arnold's spirit: battling a big book challenge in a small town / Amy Collins -- Challenging homophobic and heteronormative language: queering the Merchant of Venice / Stephanie Ann Shelton -- From canon to "pornography" : common core and the backlash against multicultural literature / Loretta Gaffney -- The fine art of defusing an N-bomb: the challenges of navigating racially charged language in the (majority white) African American literature classroom / Matt Mitchell -- Too close to dead: addressing racist language head-on in the African American ELA classroom / Jalisa Bates -- Libraries unfiltered: increase access, grow the whole child / Frances Jacobson Harris and Amy L. Atkinson.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.